Miles D. Lamare

The genome of the charismatic sea star Linckia laevigata

This paper presents a high-quality genome assembly for the sea star Linckia laevigata and describes its genomic features.

Recovering historical fish eDNA from museum-preserved Antarctic filter feeders via non-destructive metabarcoding.

This study evaluates non-destructive eDNA extraction from ethanol preservatives in Antarctic filter-feeding museum specimens, finding that ethanol filtration performs as well as tissue biopsies for metabarcoding fish eDNA.

tombRaider - improved species and haplotype recovery from metabarcoding data through artefact and pseudogene exclusion.

tombRaider improves species and haplotype identification in metabarcoding by removing artefacts and pseudogenes, enhancing data accuracy and reliability.

Unlocking Antarctic molecular time-capsules - recovering historical environmental DNA from museum-preserved sponges

The paper recovers historical environmental DNA (heDNA) from Antarctic sponge specimens to reconstruct past fish biodiversity and community composition.

Assessing the utility of marine filter feeders for environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity monitoring

The paper compares eDNA sources from water, bivalves, sponges, and ethanol to assess their utility for biodiversity monitoring, finding sponges are reliable while bivalves are not.

Identification and characterisation of Botrylloides species from Aotearoa New Zealand coasts

The paper identifies and characterizes three Botrylloides species from New Zealand coasts using molecular markers and morphological analysis.